Recovery Coordinator

Change Grow Live; Swindon; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization focused on recovery is seeking a skilled Recovery Coordinator in Swindon to help assess and engage service users. This role involves providing support through recovery processes and facilitating group sessions. Ideal candidates will possess experience in substance misuse and excellent communication skills. Benefits include 25 days of holiday, a wellness scheme, and professional development opportunities. Salary ranges from £27,861 to £32,002 based on experience and qualifications.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Wellness hour each week

Contributory pension scheme

Employee assistance programme

Training and career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in working within a similar field of substance misuse.
• Ability to manage group dynamics effectively.
• Strong IT skills and capability to communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Support service users throughout their recovery journey.
• Provide screening and assessment for interventions.
• Engage service users in structured group sessions.

Skills

Understanding of substance misuse issues

Excellent communication skills

Proactive and time management skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options.

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Recovery Coordinator who has the skills and experience to assess and engage with our service users, ensuring that they access the right intervention at the right time, in a way that best meets their needs.

With this role you’ll be working as part of CGL Swindon. The team supports people with their or their loved ones’ drug and/or alcohol issues.

Where Swindon

Hours Full time, 37.5h per week

Full Time Salary Range £27,861.26 - £32,002.35*

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

About the role

• Supporting service users from point of entry into the service and through their treatment/recovery journey
• Providing screening, assessment, and recovery planning and onward referral
• Reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users and the wider community
• Promoting carer, service user and community involvement
• Providing advocacy for access to partnership services
• Working with service users to support social (re)integration, enabling them to lead meaningful and purposeful lives promoting recovery, resilience, peer support and self-determination
• Research, design and prepare subject matter and materials for groups / pods.
• Deliver structured content within group settings to service users at various stages of recovery
• Engage with debriefing and evaluations with co-facilitators after groups/pods have taken place, reviewing progress and identifying concerns with service users
• Tailor specific workshops around the needs of the service users, such as anger management, sleep disorders, relationships, etc

About you

• Have a strong understanding of substance misuse issues and experience of working within a similar field
• Experience of working with groups/pods and managing group dynamics, such as conflict or challenging behaviour.
• Be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written with good IT skills
• Proactive and able to work on own initiative with excellent time management and prioritising skillsHave a good working knowledge of mental health interventions, services, and good practice
• Be a supportive team player with strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work in partnership with a wide range of professionals, agencies, and internal/external stakeholders
• Ability to manage change successfully in a way that prioritises the needs of service users
• Understand the importance of information governance processes and commit to follow and apply all necessary safeguards
• Seek out learning opportunities to improve and broaden your professional knowledge and skills and to contribute and oversee the learning and development of others

What we will give to you

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each year’s service -Capped at 30 days
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Several benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, etc.
• A friendly and supportive team
• Training, career development & progression opportunities
• Refer-a-friend scheme

Please ensure that when completing your application form and supporting statement, you reflect on the details outlined in the job description. This will help us understand how your skills and experiences align with the requirements of the role.

Please note This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.

CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,861.26 - £32,002.35)

N/A - Outside London Weighting Area

Post expires on 5/1/2026

Cassie Miles | [e-mail]

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.